Emmy nominations 2023: Biggest talking points from HBO domination to Bella Ramsey’s first nod

‘Succession’, ‘The Bear’ and ‘The Last of Us’ are among shows that dominated nominations

Emmy Awards 2022: Biggest talking points

The 2023 Emmy Award nominees have been announced.

The annual celebration of the best TV programming will take place this year on 18 September, with the nominated shows announced on Wednesday (12 July).

Shows eligible for the Primetime Emmys must have been broadcast in the US between 1 June 2022 and 31 May 2023, with the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences choosing the nominees.

The nominations were announced on a livestream by Community star Yvette Nicole Brown and Television Academy chair Frank Scherma. The host of September’s awards show is yet to be announced.

The Hollywood Writers’ strike was the elephant in the room

Scherma could hardly introduce the awards without mentioning the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike, which has ground the entertainment industry to a halt. More than 11,000 screenwriters have been on strike for 72 days.

Scherma, who is also the president and co-founder of the production company RadicalMedia unsurprisingly expressed his wishes for the “ongoing guild negotiations can come to equitable and swift end”.

Succession makes history

Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin and Jeremy Strong will compete against each other for the Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series category. This marks the most actors to ever be nominated from the same show in this category.

The final series of HBO’s Succession met predictions and led the nominations, earning a whopping 14 acting nominations and becoming a contender for Outstanding Drama Series (an award it has won twice before).

‘Yellowstone’, Prince Harry and Helen Mirren among snubs

Taylor Sheridan’s wildly popular cowboy drama Yellowstone was once again put out to pasture. He’ll be hoping that the arrival of Matthew McConaughey, who is set to take over from Kevin Costner as the series regenerates, will earn him more favour with the TV Academy.

Many expected awards show darling Helen Mirren to earn a nomination for her part in the Yellowstone sequel, 1923, in which she co-starred with Harrison Ford. Alas, no dice; though, Mirren holds four primetime Emmys already, so she’s unlikely to lose any sleep over the snub.

Netflix’s bombshell Harry & Meghan docuseries was also a notable abdication from the nominees. The Academy clearly did not agree with The Independent’s Jessie Thompson, who called the six-parter “intimate, self-aggrandising, and wildly entertaining” in her four-star review.

Read on for the full list of nominees and reactions:

Key Points

• Full list of nominations
• Pedro Pascal earns first Emmy nomination
• Who are the most-nominated series at the 75th Emmys?
• Jenna Ortega earns her first Emmy nomination

[12 July 2023 17:06 · Tom Murray]

The non-televised nominations are trickling through

That’s all for the TV broadcast but there are still plenty of nominations coming through.

The nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie are:

• Paul Walter Hauser - Black Bird

• Richard Jenkins - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

• Ray Liotta - Black Bird

• Young Mazino - Beef

• Jesse Plemons - Love and Death

• Murray Bartlett - Welcome to Chippendales

• Joseph Lee - Beef

[12 July 2023 17:12 · Tom Murray]

Who are the most-nominated series at the 75th Emmys?

HBO continues to dominate the Emmys. The network is host to all three of the most-nominated series at this years’ awards.

They are: Succession (27), The Last of Us (24) and The White Lotus (23).

Jennifer Coolidge in ‘The White Lotus’ second season (HBO)

[12 July 2023 17:16 · Tom Murray]

Emmy nominations for ‘Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie'

• Niecy Nash-Betts - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

• Claire Danes - Fleishman is in Trouble

• Maria Bello - Beef

• Annaleigh Ashford - Welcome To Chippendales

• Camila Morrone - Daisy Jones and the Six

• Juliette Lewis - Welcome To Chippendales

• Merritt Wever - Tiny Beautiful Things

Claire Danes in ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble' (Hulu/Disney Plus)

[12 July 2023 17:20 · Tom Murray]

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series dominated by ‘The White Lotus’ and ‘Succession'

The nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series come from two shows and two shows only.

They are:

• Matthew Macfadyen - Succession

• F. Murray Abraham - The White Lotus

• Alan Ruck - Succession

• Nicholas Braun - Succession

• Alexander Skarsgård - Succession

• Michael Imperioli - The White Lotus

• Theo James - The White Lotus

• Will Sharpe - The White Lotus

Matthew Macfadyen in ‘Succession’ (Sky)

[12 July 2023 17:21 · Tom Murray]

A *very slightly* more varied category in Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

The Emmys nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series are:

• Jennifer Coolidge - The White Lotus

• Rhea Seehorn - Better Call Saul

• Elizabeth Debicki - The Crown

• Aubrey Plaza - The White Lotus

• J. Smith-Cameron - Succession

• Meghann Fahy - The White Lotus

• Sabrina Impacciatore - The White Lotus

• Simona Tabasco - The White Lotus

Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in ‘The Crown' (Keith Bernstein/Netflix)

[12 July 2023 17:27 · Tom Murray]

Ebon Moss-Bachrach earns his first Emmy nomination

The Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series are:

• Tyler James Williams - Abbott Elementary

• Brett Goldstein - Ted Lasso

• Henry Winkler - Barry

• Anthony Carrigan - Barry

• Ebon Moss-Bachrach - The Bear

• James Marsden - Jury Dury

• Phil Dunster - Ted Lasso

Ebon Moss-Bachrach in ‘The Bear’ (FX)

[12 July 2023 17:30 · Tom Murray]

Ayo Edebiri earns her first Emmy nomination

The nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series are:

• Sheryl Lee Ralph - Abbott Elementary

• Hannah Waddingham - Ted Lasso

• Ayo Edebiri - The Bear

• Janelle James - Abbott Elementary

• Alex Borstein - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

• Juno Temple - Ted Lasso

• Jessica Williams - Shrinking

Ayo Edebiri in ‘The Bear’ ( HULU)

[12 July 2023 17:52 · Tom Murray]

That’s all for now folks! There are many, many, many more nominations that you can find here.

All 124 categories have now been announced!

Join us again for the 2023 Emmys ceremony, which hopefully, will air 18 September.

See you then.

[12 July 2023 18:04 · Tom Murray]

Find the full list of nominations here

While I’ve been live blogging, my colleague Isobel has been putting together a complete list of all the nominations in one place.

You can read it here:

[12 July 2023 18:06 · Tom Murray]

Full list of Emmy nominations

While I’ve been busy blogging, my colleague Isobel Lewis has been putting together a complete list of all the nominations.

You can find that here: